Already an NBA MVP and an Olympic gold medalist, All-Star heart Joel Embiid no w has till the stop of the decade to take a gape at to secure his first NBA championship with the Philadelphia 76ers.
With another maximum contract secured, Embiid wants to chase that title in Philly — and remain a Sixer for the remainder of his career.
“Philadelphia is home,” Embiid wrote on Instagram.
A seven-time NBA All-Star, Embiid and the 76ers agreed to a $193 million extension with a player possibility for the 2028-29 season, a particular person familiar with the deal said. The particular person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the terms have no longer but been announced.
The 30-year-weak Embiid, who graduated from a Florida excessive faculty and played a season in faculty at Kansas, broke his absorb information early Friday morning when he posted a photo on Instagram of him signing a contract alongside team proprietor Josh Harris.
“I want to be here the remainder of my career. I cherish this staff and all the things you may have got given me and my family,” Embiid wrote***. “There is a lot more work to attain. You guys deserve a championship and I squawk we’re dependable getting started.”***
Embiid, who dropped a franchise-epic 70 factors last season against San Antonio, signed off with the familiar 76ers hashtag, “#trusttheprocess.”
Embiid — tranquil in the second year of a $196 million extension he signed ahead of the 2021 season — became the third cornerstone player this offseason to signal a massive contract with the 76ers. The team hasn’t gained an NBA title since 1983.
The 76ers enticed Paul George to leave the Los Angeles Clippers and signal a four-year, $212 million contract. The NBA’s Most Improved Player last season, Tyrese Maxey, was rewarded with a five-year, $204 million extension. The 76ers dedicated more than $400 million in salary to two players they mediate station them as the high contender to dethrone the NBA champion Boston Celtics.
George and Maxey each congratulated Embiid on the extension on Instagram.
Throw in Embiid’s deal and the Sixers are counting on a Sizable Three that can contend for the lifestyles of their contracts. Embiid, though, has a history of accidents and has but to lead to the franchise out of the second round of the Eastern Conference playoffs. Embiid has never played more than 68 games in a season and averaged 34.7 factors in exactly 39 games last season.
Originally selected by the 76ers with the No. 3 overall pick in the 2014 NBA draft, Embiid was named NBA MVP in the 2022-23 season and he gained a gold medal with Team USA at this year’s Paris Olympics.
He has five All-NBA Team honors, seven consecutive All-Star selections from 2017-24, three All-Defensive Team nods, and twice has been the NBA scoring champion.
“Joel has cemented himself as regarded as one of the greatest Sixers of all time and is effectively on his way to being regarded as one of the most productive players to ever play the game. We’re ecstatic that this extension keeps him and his family in Philadelphia for years to advance back,” Harris said. “Joel is a great family man, leader, and particular person. He’s an elite two-way player with a combination of measurement, strength, and athleticism that this league has rarely – if ever – seen. He’s integral to this franchise’s quest for another NBA Championship, and we are honored that he continues to make a selection this organization as his NBA home.”
In 433 games (all starts) with the franchise, Embiid has averaged 27.9 factors on 50.4% shooting, 11.2 rebounds, 3.6 assists and 1.7 blocked shots across 31.9 minutes per contest. He ranks first in franchise history in scoring average (27.9 factors per game), fifth in blocked shots (720), tied for sixth in triple-doubles (seven), and seventh in total factors scored (12,071). Embiid also ranks third on the franchise listing with eight 50-point games.
“I had no idea after I was drafted as a 20-year-weak baby from Cameroon how lucky I was to be in Philadelphia,” Embiid said in a team statement. “Via all the americaand downs, this metropolis and the fans have been all the things, and I am so grateful for how they’ve embraced me.”
A childhood soccer player, Embiid didn’t accept a basketball till he was a teenager in Africa, when a friend advised him that only a few 7-footers achieve soccer.
A few months later, Embiid was lured to a basketball camp in the capital of Yaounde bustle by NBA veteran Luc Mbah a Moute, regarded as one of dependable two players from Cameroon to have played in the NBA. Mbah a Moute persuaded Embiid’s parents to let him pass 6,000 miles to Florida, and helped enroll him at Montverde Academy, regarded as one of the most productive excessive faculty programs in the country. He played dependable 28 games in his lone season at Kansas ahead of leaving for the NBA.
Embiid disregarded his first two beefy seasons with accidents ahead of settling in as regarded as one of the high tall males — and richest players — of his generation.
